PM Modi to hold meeting to review situation related to Cyclone Biparjoy

According to sources, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to convene a meeting on Monday afternoon to assess the current status of Cyclone Biparjoy. Officials have stated that fishing operations along the south and north coasts of Gujarat have been halted, and residents in coastal districts are being evacuated as a precautionary measure due to the expected landfall of Cyclone Biparjoy as a highly intense cyclonic storm along the Saurashtra-Kutch coasts. These measures aim to ensure the safety of the affected regions.

Officials in coastal Devbhumi Dwarka reported that around 1,300 people have been shifted to safer places so far.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its latest bulletin revealed that the 'extremely severe cyclonic storm' was very likely to move north-northeast and cross Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi (Gujarat) and Karachi (Pakistan) by the June 15 noon as a 'very severe cyclonic storm' with maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 kilometres per hours (kmph) gusting to 150 kmph.


Inputs from PTI